Analysis Of The Play ' By Lin Manuel Miranda 's ' Hamilton '

As history is commonly viewed as dull and boring, Miranda changes this perception through the integration of popular music styles, rap and hip-hop, into the musical. While all of the facts are historically accurate, the audience is exposed to the debates through articulated rap battles and charged emotions are expressed through songs. The songs are also accompanied by choreography, which is a writing idea that is taken and exaggerated to an emotional state that is physicalized. Through these methods, the public gets an easier understanding of motives behind certain actions, such as Aaron Burr shooting Alexander Hamilton at a duel, as well as an clearer comprehension on what happened in history. Through rap and the hip hop style, music is used to keep history current, and provide stories the audience hasn’t heard before. In effect, Hamilton has inspired kids who weren’t good at history to look at a different perspective of the characters. In the musical there is no protagonist nor antagonist. Instead, all of the characters are portrayed as flawed, especially Hamilton, as he not only owned slaves, but was the center of the first political sex scandal in the United States. This allows the audience to know the characters on a realistic level, and acknowledge the fact that although Hamilton is one of the nation’s greatest founding fathers, he is also a man capable of

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton divulges the human need to have a purpose and the transformative journey in obtaining it. The musical follows one of America’s founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton, from the time he was a young boy to the successful creator of the national banking system. Hamilton encounters many challenges, both environmental and internal, in his lifetime, while also acquiring long-time foe, Aaron Burr, in America. Alexander Hamilton’s character develops as a hard-working, honest man that transforms into a conniving individual in order to pass his legislation and scale up the political totem pole. Aaron Burr’s jealousy of Hamilton’s progress instigates a transformation in his quietest character.

The musical “Hamilton” is the most sought after musical in years. It is the first seen rap musical and it has received the most ‘Tony’ awards and nominations in Broadway history. Hamilton premiered off Broadway in 2015 and soon moved to Broadway to stun the world with it’s incredible everything, from plot to casting. For best albums, Hamilton was second ranked in Billboard magazine and has got endless supply of recognition for the ingenious play written by the phenomenal Lin Manual Miranda. Hamilton is currently the most popular sensation on Broadway because of the music with its creative lyrics and hidden messages, it’s stellar performance and the perspectives it gives us on the people that founded our county. (on the people that shaped our past and developed our future).

Alexander Hamilton is known as a great statesman, but he also exhibited the epic hero trait of a great warrior. He volunteered to fight in the Revolutionary War, then was promoted to lieutenant colonel and aide-de-camp under George Washington. During his time as a secretary and aide-de-camp for Washington, he longed deeply for military glory. Hamilton’s traits as a great warrior are demonstrated in abundance throughout the Revolutionary War:

There are many characteristics that could impact one’s life in a negative way causing them to lose everything in life such as selfishness, messiness, untrustworthiness, self-righteousness, or ego. In the award-winning musical, Hamilton: The Revolution, by Lin-Manuel-Miranda, the character of protagonist, Alexander Hamilton may be described in many ways. However, one character trait stands out among the rest. The main character trait of Alexander Hamilton, self-righteousness, shaped everything about his life: how he grew up, how he dominated in debates, and even how he fell from grace. Hamilton always stuck by his ideals, not caring whether it affected other people. These traits led him to lose and gain

In her letter, Adams describes the advantages her son has been given to motivate him to make the most of them and strive for success. One such advantage she identifies is the presence and prominence of his father. Adams points out that her son is "favored with superior advantages" due to the close relationship he has with "a tender parent", his father, and she goes on to say that nothing is wanting for him "but attention, diligence, and steady application." What she means is that his father is a perfect resource for his success, and all he needs is the patience and the drive to make full use of him. In saying this, she is encouraging him to utilize the superior advantages he has been given, like his father's influence and care, not to squander them due to laziness or negligence. Also, Adams cites then-current events as stimuli for her son's success. She refers to the calamities of the day, occurring in his native United States, and proposes that growing up being exposed to such emotionally engaging scenes promotes the qualities of "the hero and the statesman." Adams is alluding to the American Revolution, and how her son's exposure

Hamilton’s purpose is to intrigue its audience intellectually to the point in which it sparks a deeper conversation and further research following the performance. Brecht and every aspect of his musical take ownership of the fact that the musical is not the historical past itself, but a retelling of the past by actors who were not in the room where it happened.

The depth of Hamilton’s grief is wonderfully portrayed in this piece of art. The first instance of this imagery is in the first lines. Angelica sings, “There are moments that the words don’t reach, There is suffering to terrible to name, You hold your child as tight as you can, And push away the unimaginable.” These lines paint the perfect picture of what it is like to watch a loved one die, especially a child. As one sits there, watching as someone they love takes their

The plot revolves around the life of Alexander Hamilton and the people he meets. The plot starts at the beginning of his life until his death. Although its plot surrounds five decades it is very detailed. Miranda only reveals the details he think are important. It is easy to keep up with even though it has a fast pace. The first act tells the story of revolution and how Hamilton meets his wife Eliza Schuyler. In this act, Hamilton is trying to make a name for himself by fighting in the war but instead becomes George Washington’s secretary. The second act is a bit more somber and has a slower pace. This act is also more dramatic and evokes more emotion. In this act Hamilton and the other founding fathers are trying to create the country from the ground up. Act two starts up very energetic and in the middle it becomes somber. Although it

The amazing accomplishments and the incredible description of the Hamilton through hardships helps readers really understand who Hamilton was. Chernow goes through the entirety of Hamilton’s incredible life in tremendous detail. The biography informs the reader about Hamilton’s life in way that makes the reader feel the way Hamilton felt. Chernow helps readers understand the amazing Alexander Hamilton’s feelings through Hamilton’s written letters and descriptions of his hardships this makes readers able to see Hamilton as human. Hamilton is an incredibly impressive character, who defied all the odds of heritage and yet readers still see him as human. The begging stages of Hamilton’s life were dark and sorrowful; Chernow uses Hamilton’s hardships to help

As Kelly J. Mays puts it, it must be a story that “engages our emotions, our imagination, and all of our senses, as well as our intellects.” It must not be merely a story, but rather a representation of an experience, thereby becoming an experience for its audience. Hamilton, being a stage show, is going to be an immersive experience regardless of the content simply because it is being literally brought to life right in front of its audience with no middle man of the imagination involved. That being said, the content is an enormous part of what makes this story pop off the textbook page. Not only are the characters living out their lives and choices right in front of the viewer, they are involving them as well. The very first line of the show asks the audience a question: “How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence impoverished in squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?” Right from the get-go, the audience is involved in the story and on the the edge of their seats to find out the two and a half hour long answer to this question. This piece fits all of Mays’s criteria for a good piece of literature. With multiple deaths, an affair, and constant struggles, all the while being told in rhyme and multiple varieties of music, this show is definitely

Throughout time, art has changed the way people perceive history. Lin Manuel-Miranda’s Hamilton has had a strong influence how people view one of the Founding Fathers and the era he lived in. Before Lin Manuel-Miranda took on the task of producing a musical for Hamilton, people had an idea of who the Founding Fathers were and what they stood for. However, Manuel’s take on Hamilton wanted to present American history in which people of diverse cultures and women share the same spotlight with the Founding Fathers. In the musical, Manuel thought it was important for Hispanics and African-Americans to play as the Founding Fathers, so it reminds the audience American history is not composed of one race. Although critics, like Nichols, believe "superficial diversity” of the play’s casting results in a failure to

Oftentimes people have a difficult time connecting with history. They do not see the relevance between something hundreds of years ago and today’s issues. The Broadway musical Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda does a great job of bridging that gap. Many of the issues that were faced in the time period of Alexander Hamilton are also faced in the world today. An example of this is politicians riding the fence on important issues. A main character in the play is criticized greatly for doing this just as people are currently. In Miranda’s Hamilton, characters are faced with issues and are asked to take a stand just as political leaders are today.

    People worldwide are praising a man who doesn’t deserve it. Despite being considered one of America’s most influential founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton’s character could never compete with his political status. Alexander Hamilton has been made into an inspiration that he doesn’t deserve to be, being portrayed as the exact opposite of what he stood for in a recent resurgence of praise for him sparked in particular by the world-renowned musical Hamilton. Although he may be receiving this praise, his character is undeniably horrid due to many flaws in his character including the encouragement of anti-immigration laws and his desire for powerful landowners to get complete power in government over the

In contrast to the idea of the play having inaccurate historical facts, Miranda tried to make the play relatable to the people to really showcase Alexander Hamilton’s life. Miranda used the bootstraps narrative to help portray that. He talks about how Hamilton reminded him of his own father, Luis A. Miranda, Jr., who, as a graduated from college before turning eighteen, who then moved to New York to pursue his studies. In “Review: ‘Hamilton,’ Young Rebels Changing History and Theater” by Ben Brantley, he states how